Past Global Events Explained

Alexander the Great conquered all the land between Greece and India in 334-326 BC because 359-328 BC was the Sagittarius (expansion, horses) Phase.

Cancer sun sign Julius Caesar declared himself dictator for life in 44 BC, which led to his assassination that year, because Virgo (control) falls in Cancer's first house in the Aquarius Phase (56-34 BC).

Sagittarius sun sign Roman Emperor Nero murdered his mother (59 AD), murdered his wife (62 AD), persecuted Christians (64 AD), and committed suicide (68 AD) because Cancer (misery, death) falls in Sagittarius' first house in the Virgo Phase (51-72 AD).

The Leaning Tower of Pisa began to lean in 1178 as the second floor was being constructed, due to a soft soil foundation, because 1168 to 1191 was the Aquarius (instability) Phase.

The Black Death (1346-1353) resulted in 25-50 million deaths in Europe and was caused by a bacterium primarily found in rodents and their fleas because 1321 to 1349 was the Scorpio (pests) Phase.

The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake ever recorded, killed an estimated 830,000 people because Taurus (earth) was the eighth house (death) in the Libra Phase, 1543-1566.

Around 11,000 to 20,000 Spanish sailors and soldiers are estimated to have died in the Spanish Armada (1588) because 1567 to 1593 was the Scorpio (death, water) Phase.

Charles I was the only English monarch to be executed, in 1649, because Leo (royalty) was the eighth house (death) in the Capricorn Phase, 1626-1656.

Laws regulating trade and taxes (1763-1775) led to the American Revolution (1775-1783) because 1770 to 1787 was the Virgo (control, taxes) Phase.

The Chalisa famine (1783-1784) killed an estimated 11 million people in India because 1770 to 1787 was the Virgo (control, restrictions) Phase.

The French Revolution (1789-1799) spread democratic ideals throughout Europe and ultimately the world because 1788 to 1809 was the Libra (liberty, justice) Phase.

Importation of slaves into the USA was outlawed in 1807 because 1788 to 1809 was the Libra (justice) Phase.

Aquarius sun sign Abraham Lincoln was shot dead on April 14, 1865 (reduces to 3) because Gemini (three) falls in Aquarius' first house (aggression) in the Sagittarius Phase, 1838-1867.

The Spanish Flu (1918-1920), which killed tens of millions of people, spread through the air in military training camps and trenches because 1899 to 1927 was the Aquarius (groups) Phase.

The 1931 Yangtze River flood, considered the deadliest flood in recorded history, resulted in an estimated 2-4 million deaths because 1928 to 1948 was the Pisces (water sign, death) Phase..

Taurus sun sign Adolf Hitler invaded Poland in 1939, starting World War II, because Gemini (instability, chaos) falls in Taurus' first house in the Pisces Phase, 1928-1948.

World War II (1939-1945), resulting in 70-85 million deaths, was the deadliest military conflict in history because 1928 to 1948 was the Pisces (endings) Phase.

Taurus sun sign President Harry S. Truman ordered the atomic bombing of Taurus sun sign Emperor Hirohito's country Japan in 1945 because Taurus falls in Taurus' 12th house (endings, death) in the Pisces Phase, 1928-1948.

Gemini sun sign John F. Kennedy was shot dead on November 22, 1963 (reduces to 7) because Libra (seven) falls in Gemini's fifth house (cruelty, excess) in the Aries Phase, 1949-1964.

The first bullet train, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, began operations in Japan in 1964 because 1949 to 1964 was the Aries (speed, vehicles) Phase.

Capricorn sun sign Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead on April 4, 1968 (reduces to 5) because Leo (five) falls in Capricorn's ninth house (excess) in the Taurus Phase, 1965-1978.

Humans landed on the Moon in 1969 because 1965 to 1978 was the Taurus (hard work, accomplishment) Phase.

The deadliest plane crash ever, between KLM and Pan Am airlines in 1977, was because Sagittarius (travel) was the eighth house (death) in the Taurus Phase, 1965-1978.

In 1986, one of the reactors at Chernobyl, USSR, went out of control causing widespread radioactive fallout into the atmosphere because 1979 to 1989 was the Gemini (air sign, disorder) Phase.

American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the World Trade Centre skyscrapers in 2001, killing 2,753 people, because Aquarius (sky)) was the eighth house (death) in the Cancer Phase, 1990-2002.

The 2008 U.S. bank bailout cost approximately $475 billion because Taurus (money) was the 10th house (discipline) in the Leo Phase, 2003-2016